Gingerbread House Math & A Request for Materials

On Thursday, our morning class will be designing gingerbread houses, and then making them on Friday. Part of the design process will be measuring the proposed angles, finding the area of each face, the perimeter, the surface and possibly the volume of the gingerbread house. Once we have finished all of these measurements and showed all of our learning and thinking, we will make the houses.

I will provide the graham crackers and  royal icing for the houses, but I am asking if families could donate some NUT-FREE candies that students can use to decorate their gingerbread houses. I will bring some, but probably not enough for every house. Students will be working in partners, and perhaps groups of three to complete this project.

On Wednesday, our afternoon class will be building gingerbread houses in the same manner with our reading buddy class. Nothing is required for this, as our reading buddies will be supplying candy.

I would like to thank all of our parents for their continued support in our learning. If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please feel free to contact me at the school.